Oct 23, 2015

Essential medicines are still essential

The Lancet "The recent inclusion of new expensive medicines has raised many questions. Has the original concept of essential medicines lost its original relevance as a list of basic medicines for resource-constrained settings? Should the list include medicines not yet authorised by stringent regulatory authorities or not easily available? Should the list include medicines for off-label indications? Should the list automatically include any medicine mentioned in a WHO treatment guideline?